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The DPP's repeated view over two days was that the jury would have convicted but for one hold out. That is speculation dressed up as authoritative: it is not an evidence-based assertion, writes HUGH SELBY.
Shane Drumgold, the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, tells an inquiry he was mistaken to believe federal politicians had interfered with a rape investigation.
Prosecutor Shane Drumgold claims the juror who brought in outside research papers on sexual assault was not in favour of guilty verdict
He thinks the juror who caused a mistrial was the only one not inclined to convict.
Shane Drumgold, the ACT Director of Public Prosecutions, made the stunning backflip while being questioned by his own lawyer Mark Tedeschi during day four of the inquiry on Thursday.